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Webster 1913 Edition

Nematocalyx

‖

Nemˊa-to-ca′lyx

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Nematocalyces

(#)

, E.

Nematocalyxes

(#)

.

[NL. See

, and

.]

(Zool.)

One of a peculiar kind of cups, or calicles, found upon hydroids of the family

Plumularidae

. They contain nematocysts. See

.

Definition 2024

nematocalyx

nematocalyx

English

Noun

nematocalyx ‎(plural nematocalyces)

(zoology) A kind of cup or calicle containing nematocysts, found upon hydroids of the family Plumularidae.